Faculty Panel Discussion On “Isis: War With The West”
Three Converse faculty members will participate in a panel discussion to explore historical, religious and political aspects of terrorism in our world today. “ISIS: War with the West” will be …
Nisbet Honors
Converse graduate inspired to work with physical therapy patients
Both the Medical University of South Carolina and Duke University want her, but Spartanburg gets to keep Converse College graduate Jesse Pope a while longer. Pope, a double major in …
The Farmhand, the Volunteer, & the Intern
“How was your summer?” It’s the first question out of students’ mouths when they reunite in the fall. The next question, “What did you do?” Most Converse students don’t while …
Converse Grad Sails into ‘Intensely Competitive’ Fellowship
For a 21-year-old student from a tiny Alabama town, Ashley Blount has already logged more miles than most folks do in a lifetime; she has sailed around the world. And …
Mom Brings Coveted Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship to Converse
Graduation days are all about success stories, and when Blue Ridge Community College graduates walked across the stage Friday night, one among them received, in addition to her degree, an …
Converse Students Selected for Fulbright, Goldwater Awards
Two members of Converse’s Nisbet Honors Program have been selected for top national awards. Meagan Kusek ’12 of Owens Cross Roads, Al., is the fourth Converse student or alumna to …
Fulbright Awarded to Second Converse Student in Three Years
by Stephen Largen of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal Converse College treated student Stephanie Jennings with a level of attention and coaching more commonly associated with a star athlete. Soon after the …
No Regrets: Psychology & Philosophy Grad Nicole Hoffman ’09
When Nicole Hoffman, ’09, looks back on her academic career as a student at Converse, she won’t have any regrets, at least not when she thinks about her experiences in the …
Two Converse Students Accepted to Prestigious Free Market Environmental Seminar
Casey Addis ’04 and Sarajane LoGuirato ’05 have been invited to take part in the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) Free Market Environmentalism Seminar in Bozeman, Montana June 17-24. …